Sectional smoke-burner.



R. 0. WADE SEGTIONAL SMOKE BURNER.

- APPLICATION F-ILED APB.20, 1911.

1,033,1 34. Patented "July 23, 1912.

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- Attorney s R. 0. WADE. SEGTIONAL SMOKE BURNBR. APPLICATION FILED APR.20, 1911.

1,033,1 34:. Patented J l 23, 1912.

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Witnesses Inventor,

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ROBERT C. WADE, F MALDEN, MISSOURI.

snorionsn SMOKE-BURNER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application'filed April 20, 1911. Serial No. 622,336.

To all whom it mayooncem:

Be it-known that I, ROBERT C. WADE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Malden, in the county of Dunk'lin and State of Missouri,have invented a new and useful Sectional Smoke-Burner, of which the following is a specification.

It is the object of the present invention to provide a device adapted tobe mounted in a furnace of standard construction, to effect a thoroughconsuming'of. the smoke generated in such furnace.

Specifically, it is the object of the inven tion to provide a device ofthe character above mentioned, which will divide the volume of smoke,and introduce into the divided volume of smoke, quantities of heatedair, thereby effecting a thorough consuming of the smoke, thus effectingthe double end 'of preventing the delivery into the atmosphere,of adense volume of smoke, and of consuming, to a useful purpose, thecombustible material carried in suspension in the smoke.

Vith the foregoing 'and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope ofwhat is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention. Inthe accompanying drawings,. l igu re 1 IS a longitudinal sectionfFig. 218 a transverse section upon the line A-B of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3. is a transverse section on the line CD of Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 isa perspective of one of the draft boxes.

In the drawings, the numeral 1 designates I generally, a furnace of anydesired shape and proportions.

The numeral 2 designates the grate of the furnace, the numeral 3 denotesthe stoke door, and the numeral 4 denotes the ash door.

Projecting forwardly from the rear wall of he. furnace 1, is a platform5; Rising from the grate 2, and terminating at its upper edge in thevicinity of the platform 5, is a partition 6f Supported upon theplatform 5 and above the partition 6, are

a: plurality of spaced boxes, denoted by the numerals 7 8, 9, and 10,the boxes being of identical construction. The top member 11 which issuperposed upon the box10, dif

fers slightly in constructionfrom theboxes proper, and this member 11will be described in detail hereinafter. Each of-the boxes, then,.comprises a bottom 12, side walls 14, and end walls ]5,whieh extend butpart way across the ends of the box. Each box further includes a topplate 16 and an: other top plate 17 the top plate 17 being broader thanthe top plate. 16, and being disposed adjacent the rear of the furnace.PrO ecting inwardly from the ends of'the walls .15, are longitudinallyextended'defiectors 18, the ends of which are spaced apart. Extendedtransversely of the box, and terminally uni-ted with the side walls 14:,is a transverse partition 19, located between the free ends of thedeflectors 18. Each box supports near its ends and at the side of thefurnace an I beam 20. Each box sup orts, in its intermediate portion,and aline vet- Patented July 23, 1912. f

tically with the transverse partition 19, am V other I beam 21. Thus,the sevenal superposed boxes are supported one upon the other.

Applied to the faces of the side walls of the furnace 1, are uprightflues 22, the;upper ends of which'are closed, the lower'ends of thefines 22 being open. In the sidewalls of the furnace 1, at the bottom ofthe flues 22, there are openings 23. The member 11 forms the uppermostportion of the struc- 1 ture, and is provided with a raised, longi'portion of the tudi'nal rib 25. The stack structure is shown at 26.

In operation, the products of combustion 1 pass between the boxes,andout' of the stack 26. The air enters the flues- 22 at their lowerends, and passes into the ends of, the

.95 boxes, the air being raised in tem erature,

to a high point, by reason of the act that I the products of combustionpass'betwe'en the boxes andheat'the bottoms 12 thereof. The

air encounters the deflectors 18 and the par-1 titions 19 successively,and finally passes through the opening between the top plates 16 and 17,to mingle with the products of combustion. By this operation, 'heatedair will be supplied to the products of'combustion, during the passagebetween the boxes,

this air introduced from the exterior of'the furnace, being wellsupplied with oxygen.

Thus, a thorough combustion of the distended particles in the smoke iseffected, the smoke being thus burned clean, and a waste of fuel beingavoided.

door 30.

n The )latform 5, obviously tends to prevent-"a raft beneath the boxes,into the stack 26, the platform 5 compelling the products of combustiontopass between the boxes, as hcreinbefore described. The door denoted bythe numeral 31, serves as a clean-out for that portion of the structurewhich is to the rear of the boxes. The partition (3 prevents the' firewhich is built through the 'door 30 from being choked by ashes from thetire which is tO'tlllC front of the partition 6. j

The boxes preferably, although not necessarily, are fashioned from castiron, and it will be seen that the constructimi of the entire device issuch, that these boxes may readily expand and contract, withoutendangering a breakage of any of them. The mounting of the boxes uponthe platform 5, obviously, is such that the platform in no Wiseinterferes with the transverse expansion of the boxes. I

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is r V 1. In adevice of the class described, a furnace having openings in its sidewalls, fiues communicating with the openings at their lower ends;superposed, spaced boxes located Within the furnace and forming smokepassage-ways thcrebetween,- said boxes having openings in their endwalls communicating with the tines, each box being closed at its bottomandalong its sides and open at its top only, there being deflectors inthe boxes, adapted to secure a thorough admixture of the air passinginwardly into the boxes, through the lines, with the smoke which passesbetween the boxes.

2. In a device of the class described, a furnace; a grate therein; apartition disposed transversely of the furnace above the grate anddividing the fire upon the grate a platform horizontally disposed in thefurauxiliary stoke door in the furnace, to the rear of the partition,permitting the'building of a separate tire to the rear of the partition;other boxes superposed upon the first named box, all of the boxes beingclosed at the bottom and open at, the top, the boxes being spaced apartto form smoke passageways therehctwce-n; and means for supplying airthrough the ends of the boxes, to mix with the smoke which passesbetween the boxes from in front of the partition.

3. In a device of the class described, a furnace provided withupright'flucs upon its sides, the thus being open at the bottom;superposed boxes supported within the furnace and spaced to form smokepassages therebctiwen, each boxhaving openings in opposite ends(aamnunimiting with theilucs; each box having inwardly projecting,longitudinal deflectors located adjacent the openings in the said boxesa transverse par tition located between the ends of the dcfleotors; theboxes being closed at their hot toms and at their sides, each box havingtop plates spaced apart adjacent the longitudinal center of the-box,between which plates air is fed into the smoke passages. V

4. As an article of manufacture, a box adapted to be employed intheconstruction of a smoke consumer, the said box consisting of abottom, side walls, top plates extended inwardly from the side walls andspaced apart adjacent the longitudinal center of the box, end wallsextended 'iartway across the ends of the box, deflectors located at theends of the end walls, and projecting inwardly into the box; and atransverse partition uniting the side walls, and located between. theinner ends of the deflectors.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have heretoaiiixe'd my signature in the presence of two witnesses. ROBERT C. VADE.

V /itnesses CHAS. WV. Corninmo JLE. SMrrII.

